(idm) Re: MIDI/MOD trackers

From grav
Sent Sun, Oct 26th 1997, 23:50

On Sun, 26 Oct 1997 11:09:23 EST4EDT "GamePrg." <xxx@xxxxx.xxx> writes:
>>and impulse tracker has up to 64 channels plus some other thing that
>>basically >makes the channels unlimited ... so, really, you need to
catch up on
>>this stuff before you dismiss mod-trackers.. most of demo tape is
>>'mods' ... well, XM's, actually, which are a derivative ..
>
>not only that, but you (not grav, but the one who posted before about 
>this) should also realise that the tracker I'm talking about is also a
midi
>sequencer which the author has moved over from Amiga to PC for a 
>reason. and that is because of the superior MIDI technology on the PC.
>
>so with this in mind, the PC version will obviouslly be WAY more 
>powerful than the amiga version. Take in mind that Fasttracker is also a

>program originally (and still?) written by people who have made the
crossover 
>from Amiga to PC. That's why it looks so much like Protracker. And 
>Fasttracker is something that PT could never hope to be.

oh btw, the newest version FastTracker 2 (2.08) also has midi support
for SB16.


chris graves